Add MS 89177/1/21

Correspondence between Clanricarde and various individuals, relating to Galway and Irish affairs, the Post Office, and various other matters.

Correspondence on Galway and Irish affairs includes:

Letter from Lord Bessborough, Dublin Castle, regarding Attorney General James Monahan standing for Galway (1846); letter from Anthony O'Flaherty regarding standing as a candidate to represent Galway in Parliament (1847); letter from Redington, Dublin, regarding the County Galway election (1847); correspondence with Henry Clements, Thomas O' Flahertie and D.H. Kelly regarding cutting a hill in Galway (1847); letters from James Martin, Mr Tufnell and Colonel Davis regarding the Galway election (1847); letter from D.H. Kelly enclosing information about the formation of a registration committee in Galway (1847); letter from Lord Derby wishing to clarify a question Clanricarde has asked him on educational funds in Ireland (1851); letters from F.B. Piggot and Mr Lawrence (on behalf of his son Captain Lawrence) asking for appointments in the Galway Militia following death of Captain Eyre (1852); letter from Ridley [?] on the Galway election (1852); letter from Lord Anglesey enclosing a letter on the state of the north of Ireland, from a correspondent in Monaghan (1852); letter from John William Browne regarding Clanricarde's recommendation of him for Commission of the Peace for Galway (1852); letter from Charles Augustus Bagot, Dublin, giving advice and recommendations regarding magistrates in Galway, and copy reply thanking Bagot, but stating that recommendations for Magistracy cannot be guided by considerations of electioneering interest (1852); copy letter to Lord Clarendon regarding the magistracy in Connemara, and concern that it is almost exclusively Protestant (1852); and copy letter to Sir Percy Nugent regarding the Galway railroad.

Letters relating to the Post Office include letters from the following:

Lord Howe recommending Sarah Jane Hollier for position as Postmaster in Hinckley (1852); C.L. Grenville regarding Sunday posts (1849); Achille Foulds, France, regarding travelling Post Offices on trains (1848); Charles Dickens, Broadstairs, about the local post master Thomas Adams (1857); Lady Granville regarding Mr Stewart's appointment in the Post Office (1852); Lord Howden, Madrid, regarding the Spanish Government and revenue on postage (1851); Henry Bulmer, Buffalo, USA, expressing discontent of the US Post Office (1850); R. Gore, Montevideo regarding the Post Office and recommending Mr Hunt (1851); Maria Edgeworth asking for post of letter carrier in Dublin for James Graham (1847); Mr Maberly on Post Office matters (1850); letter from William Henry Magan, Clonearl, Philipstown, to Mr Blake regarding the Post Office (1852); and copy letter to Mr Abbott Lawrence regarding the Post Office and a proposal to the French Office (1852).

Other letters include letters from the following:

G. Featherstonehaugh asking for advice on gaining a cadetship for his son (1849); Sir Charles Hardinge replying to an enquiry by Clanricarde regarding his ancestor Richard Earl of Clanricarde's grave (1849); Count Chabannes regarding the state of the Queen of France's health (1848); the Duke of Portland regarding his estates in Scotland (1847); W.G. Bancroft enclosing Calhoun's speech on the American Constitution and war with Mexico (1848); Joseph Parker on Parliamentary matters (1852); Thomas Wallace White asking for an appointment, and enclosing copy letters from various judges as recommendations (1852); Sir Bulwer regarding appointments in France (1852); Louis Napoleon in reply to a letter from Clanricarde (1851); Lord Stanley, Alderley Park, regarding Lord Palmerston and the state of political parties (1852), and Lord Palmerston's retirement (1851); Lord Palmerston thanking Clanricarde for his kind offer which he will pass on to his Tiverton Friends (1852); Miss Angela Burdett Coutts regarding a letter from Mrs Lawrence (1852); Mr Andrew Buchanan, St Petersburg, regarding the effects of Lord Palmertson's removal (1852); and Henry Barron asking for assistance after being transferred back to Turin by Palmerston (1851).

Also includes a memorandum by Charles Canning on foreign affairs including Panama, Paraguay, Portugal and Turkey (1840-1842).